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mearu

  • adjective
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Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §436;
Tender, soft, delicate
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  • Ðonne his twig biþ mearu (

    tener

    ),
    • Mk. Skt. 13, 28.

  • Merwe,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 32.

  • Mearuwe

    delicatus i. tenerus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 40.

  • Gyf se líchoma mearu (MS. B. mearuw) sý

    if the body be tender (with sores),

    • Herb. 102, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 216, 24.

  • Hwæðer sió gecynd ðæs líchoman síe heard ðe hnesce and mearwe,

    • L. M. 1, 35
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 84, 14.

  • Man byþ merwe gesceaft,

    • Ps. Th. 143, 5.

  • Myra

    tenellus,

    • Kent. Gl. 62.

  • Se myrwa

    mactus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 71.

  • Ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse

    tenellis ecclesiæ crementis,

    • Bd. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 506, 37.

  • Blód fleów of hire ðæm merwan líchoman,

    • Shrn. 101, 22.

  • Genim ðás wyrte swá mearwe

    take this plant as young and tender as possible,

    • Herb. 89, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 192, 8, 12.

  • Mearawa

    tenera, gracilia,

    • Hpt. Gl. 457, 42.

  • Ne gedafenaþ ús ðæt wé symle hnesce beón on úrum geleáfan swá swá ðás merwan cild,

    • Homl. Th. i. 602, 13.

  • Þurh ða myrwan

    per tenera,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 23.

  • Hí (

    the leaves

    )

    beóþ mearwran (MS. H. mearuwran),

    • Herb. 153, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 278, 15.

  • Ða hwítan líchoman beóþ mearuwran and tedran ðonne ða blacan,

    • L. M. 1, 35
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 84, 21.

  • Mærwost,

    • 2, 14
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 190, 21.

  • On mearwis[tum?]

    in tenerrima, gracillima,

    • Hpt. Gl. 444, 69.

  • Merewistan

    gracillima,

    • 521, 29.
Etymology
[
A. R. meruwe (of young trees)
:
O. H. Ger. marawi, maro tener, delicatus; there is besides muruwi, murwi with same meaning
:
M. H. Ger. mürwe
:
Ger. mürbe.
]
Linked entries
v.  myrwa.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mearu.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22515.

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